A Threat For The Digital Age – An Avatar Osama Bin Laden: U.S. Intelligence Warned Terrorists Could Create Virtual Jihadist To 'Preach And Issue Fatwas For Hundreds Of Years' -- Daily Mail
* Report from 2008 shows US intelligence feared a 'virtual Bin Laden'
* Study said the terrorist avatar could preach for centuries
* Intelligence officers thought jihadists would infiltrate World of Warcraft
* Terrorists 'would use virtual reality and gaming communities to recruit'
US intelligence officers feared that terrorists would create an online avatar of Osama Bin Laden to continue to preach the late Al Qaeda leader’s message for centuries.
A study predicted that jihadists would use images and recordings of Bin Laden to put together new speeches and fatwas which would be broadcast online even after his death.
Its theories also included terrorists infiltrating virtual reality worlds such as Second Life or online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft to recruit new members.
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